Description for GUILTY TREASURES by Rachael Phillips: The discovery of a secret passage and room in her home, Paisley mansion, in Apple Grove, Oregon, has taken Shannon McClain and the Purls of Hope on a treasure hunt. The passage contains hints about the life of her seafaring grandfather, Captain James Paisley, and a dark secret of stolen Spanish gold and a wealth of gems from around the world. Shannon never knew her maternal grandparents---and her mother for that matter. Her mother, Beth Jacobs, had abandoned Shannon and Shannon's father in Scotland, a decision made to protect them form the Scottish mafia who had marked Beth and her family for death. Now she and her mother are throw into the mystery of What Capt. Paisley was hiding all of those decades ago. This is #8 in Creative Woman Mysteries.
